PHI 101 Lecture 5: PHI 101 – Lecture 5
18 Feb 2016
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In philosophy, the study of knowledge is called epistemology. From the greek episteme (knowledge) and logos (study) Any claim that you sincerely agree with is something you believe. Our beliefs can be true or false: if judy"s appointment is at 4 and she thinks it is at 3, she has a false belief. Some of our beliefs are in a special category called knowledge. Most think it takes more than just being right for your belief to be knowledge. Sextus empiricus (160-210 a. d. ) was a physician and a philosopher. Sextus took certainty, and immunity to error, to be preconditions for belief or judgment. His skepticism consisted not in a positive doctrine, but in the refusal to make judgments-except when the judgments are literally forced upon him. For instance, judging that some honey that you are now eating seems sweet to you: this is not the judgment that honey itself is sweet.
